International Standing
IFOAM actively participates in international agricultural and environmental negotiations with the United Nations and multilateral institutions to further the interests of the organic agricultural movement worldwide, and has observer status or is otherwise accredited by the following international institutions:
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- ECOSOC Status with the United Nations General Assembly
- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO and World Health Organization)
- United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- International Labor Organization of the United Nations (ILO)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
According to the One World Trust's Global Accountability Report 2008 which assessed a range of organisations in areas such as transparency, stakeholder participation and evaluation capacity, "IFOAM is the highest scoring international NGO, and at the top of the 30 organisations this year with a score of 71 percent".
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